Q&A WITH MATT MAYBERRY


When you spoke at the 2019 DATIA annual conference, you spoke about many topics but your theme seemed to be “how are you going to respond with events in your life?”


Yes—that was a major focus of the presentation, because quite frankly, how we respond to the events in our life is going to determine the type of life we live. One of the most fascinating things about my line of


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work, geting to travel the world and meet with extraordinary achievers from all walks of life, the one common theme is that they all are super intentional about how they show up each and everyday.


You spoke about being injured in your very first game in the NFL and how that failure, or perceived failure, catapulted to you to what you see as your


purpose, “to change people’s lives through your speaking and writing.”


Tell us more about that. At the time, I didn’t fully understand the power or importance of adversity. For me, playing a professional sport was a dream of mine since I was a litle kid. So when I got hurt in my very first NFL game, my whole world came crashing down on me. As I mentioned in my talk, I didn’t want


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